Saturday October 11, 2025 | Is selective mutism neurodivergent?
Autism . I didn't know what it was back in junior high school . I was looking at the other kids on the bus going home and was trying to put my finger on what is it that was wrong with them and that I wanted to help them so badly but I didn't know how. But now I wasn't staring at them. When I was watching FatheringAutism 's YouTube videos, I finally understood what they might have had or have. Some do have severe autism like Abby in FatheringAutism's YouTube video. It finally had a name. It was autism. I wanted so badly to help those kids who had autism. Below is what I found. I just don't know if this is true because everything I find on the internet is a lie. Selective mutism is a neurodivergent condition in that it describes a brain that processes information differently, though it is not a neurodevelopmental disorder like autism. It is considered an anxiety-based condition a...